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The Appellate Division hears appeals from the New York Supreme Court, which is the Court of general jurisdiction in New York.

It also hears appeals from other special courts, such as the Surrogate’s Court, Family Court, County Court, and Court of Claims.

There are four Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court, one in each of the State’s four Judicial Departments.

The First Department covers the Bronx and Manhattan; the Second Department covers Queens, Brooklyn, Staten Island, Long Island and Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland and Westchester counties; the Third Department includes an area extending from the territory of the Second Department north to New York’s borders with Vermont and Quebec, and includes the cities of Albany, Troy, Schenectady, Saratoga Springs, and Binghamton; the Fourth Department covers the remainder of the state, and includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse.